Hello fellow Sleever's.

I am curious to know of other's reactions to Magnesium Citrate the day before surgery. How long did it take to work your bowels? Did you feel anxious, light headed and have hot flashes? Its been 45 mins since I have drank it and I have not yet had a BM but I am feeling funny. Any tips? Any advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

It takes a while for it to work, but when it does, stay near the bathroom. Everyone responds to it differently, but it will work. Read a book, listen to some music, and just try to take your mind off from it. Your body will let you know when it's time to go.

oh ok, thank you very much! Did it make you feel funny?

Yes. I would get faint...especially when it started working. I would lay a cool cloth across the back of my neck, close my eyes, and do some deep breathing. That usually did the trick.

It took about 14 hours for the magnesium citrate to really kick in for me. Unfortunately this meant that the first "uh oh" was as I was registering at the hospital. The last (that I was conscious for) was just as they came to get me to take me back to the OR. My entire prep time was spent running between the prep room and the toilet.

I felt a little weird, but more of a queasy feeling. That stuff tasted like someone shoved boiled eggs, salt, and sour into old @ss and let it sit for a few weeks. And I was burping it, which meant I was tasting it all over again. Just having to re-live that taste made me feel off for about an hour.

Oh, I took mine around 3. Around 10 I had one moment in the bathroom, but what came out was more like pure magnesium citrate. No... waste material. The stuff in the morning was ALL waste material. So to speak.

The best I could do was tell my surgteon that if I pooped on the OR table, it was his fault for making me drink that crap. Then the nurse promised me that if I pooped on them, they wouldn't tell me about it, and that I wouldn't be the only one (which I already knew).

Hello fellow Sleever's.

I am curious to know of other's reactions to Magnesium Citrate the day before surgery. How long did it take to work your bowels? Did you feel anxious, light headed and have hot flashes? Its been 45 mins since I have drank it and I have not yet had a BM but I am feeling funny. Any tips? Any advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

For me it begins working in about 4 hours. I had to use it for both the pre-op and for my colonoscopy. I never felt faint and never had bad cramps but you do feel the bubbling and you know its gonna kick in any minute.

thanks y'all! still nothing....but my best friend decided to do it too just to cleanse and he is going like crazy.